Kautik Mankad

Kautik Mankad was an Indian National Congress activist in South Africa. In 1893, he attended a rally held by Mahatma Gandhi which protested against Jan Smuts' new policy of fingerprinting all Indians in the country, forcing non-Christians to marry in Christian marriages in order to acquire validity, and allowing policemen to enter Indian households without permission. He spoke up and claimed that he was prepared to assassinate British officials in order to overthrow the racist government, but Gandhi instead asked his supporters to use nonviolence to fight back against the British.